Lack of association between CSF nitrate and sera nitrate in falciparum malaria infection

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 268-274

  Maneerat, Yaowapa ^a   Wilairatana, Polrat ^a   Udomsangpetch, Rachanee ^a   Looareesuwan, Sornchai ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; CELL CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; THAILAND; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; COMA; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; THAILAND;

EID: 0035376632     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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